Franken's measure passed, 68 to 30.

Former Alaska GOP Gov. Sarah Palin's Facebook allegation that the Democrats' health-care overhaul would include "death panels" to decide whether seniors and disabled people were worthy of care was named "Lie of the Year" by fact-checkers atPolitifact.com

The US has condemned a Taliban video of an American soldier captured by the militants in Afghanistan last June as an affront to his family at Christmas... Private Bowe Robert Bergdahl, criticises the US over the Afghan war and relations with Muslims.

Infantryman Bowe Bergdahl disappeared off his base in Afghanistan in June

President Obama praised the Senate's 60-39 passage of the $871 billion health care overhaul bill despite the fact that not a single Republican voted in favor following 24 consecutive days of often bitter debate and deep partisanship.

US Senate Democrats clears landmark health care overhaul past a final procedural hurdle. Democrats voted 60-39 to end a GOP filibuster

A woman accused of telling the Secret Service she would "blow away" Michelle Obama was in federal custody Tuesday as the Obama family planned to travel to Hawaii. Kristy Lee Roshia, 35, was charged with threatening a family member of the president and

During a relatively unnoticed speech in early November, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee said he found it "deplorable" and "shameful" that his fellow Republicans were attacking the president for even the most trivial or well-intentioned matter

Apparently, the latest thing in "Debasing The Institutions You Pretend To Hold Dear In Order To Suggest That President Barack Obama Should Be Murdered Without Actually Coming Right Out And Saying So" goes by a shorter name: Psalm 109:8. And Psalm 109:8

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Eight in 10 Americans say the economy is in poor shape, but that's an improvement from a year ago, according to a new national poll.